✨ Title: Conjuring Curse

ℹ️ Alternative Title: 介子鬼城, Ghost Town of Jiezi , Jie Zi Gui Cheng

🌎 Country of Origin: China (Mainland)

🗓️ Aired: September 16, 2023

🍿 Format & ⏳Length️: Movie (2hr and 26 min)

🔥Rating: Not Rated

In the hush before retirement, three sworn companions—Wu Xie, Zhang Qiling, and Wang Pang Zi—are drawn from quietude by a cryptic letter addressed to the late patriarch, Wu Lao Gou. The missive beckons them toward a subterranean enigma dubbed the “Comet” hidden beneath Mongolia’s vast plains. Compelled by legacy and restless yearning, they plunge into a perilous quest, stepping through twilight into an earth‑forged tomb that hums with ancient presences and unsettled memories.

What awaits is neither mere grave nor myth, but a crucible of dread and wonder. Mongolian bandits wait in the shadows, alongside unnatural rules that bind the crypt’s hollow heart. A countdown echoes through the stone, urging flight even as some unseen force casts its inscrutable will upon the adventurers. In silent halls and shifting dust, the Golden Trio must summon courage beyond sight—trusting in each other, in fate, and in a leap of faith that may be their only path toward survival.

The Grave Robber Chronicles

✒️ Author: Xu Lei (Nan Pai San Shu)

🗓️ Publication Date: 2007

#️⃣ There are many prequel, sequel, and side stories in the Grave Robber Chronicles universe. This show in particular is only loosely adapted from the series and is not considered “canon”. Rather, it is a separate adaptation that used the novels for inspiration. Timeline wise it is best suited to be viewed post-Reunion though.

The best place to find information about the original Chinese edition and the direct translation by Merebear is the translator’s website here.

The first few volumes of the main story has been adapted into a series of English Translated volumes and one graphic novel. There is no official English publication of the prequels or sequels.

⚠️ Please Note: The shows do not directly align with either the original Chinese or the English editions. Nor do the English editions directly align with the original Chinese. Parts are spliced together, cut out, or otherwise edited to create the various adaptations.